Abstract
Recently, it has become possible to obtain various information from our own room by using a computer network system. Dentists should also obtain the latest information which will be very useful in clinical procedures. Therefore, dentists must become accustomed to operating the network system and retrieving desired literatures.
In this report, methods to retrieve desired literature was introduced. Literatures written in English were retrieved from the database of MEDLINE on Internet, in Japanese to the database of Igakucyuouzasshi on CD-ROM. Details of the procedures to access MEDLINE database and explore literatures about dental implant were reported.